Fraunhofer laser research center officially opens at Strathclyde

April 22, 2013

Strathclyde, Scotland--The Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics (CAP) has now opened its doors for laser research and development in a variety of sectors, such as security, healthcare, energy, and transport. The new center will eventually be be a key tenant in the University’s Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC).

Jim McDonald, Principal of the University of Strathclyde, said: “The Fraunhofer CAP will work closely with partners in business, industry, government, and the broader Scottish academic community to solve global challenges, and design and develop products and services."

Tim Holt, Executive Director of Fraunhofer UK Research Limited, said: “The establishment of the first Fraunhofer Research Centre in the UK has been a truly collaborative effort by the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Funding Council, the University of Strathclyde and our German partners, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and Fraunhofer IAF in Freiburg.

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Conard Holton has 25 years of science and technology editing and writing experience. He was formerly a staff member and consultant for government agencies such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency, and engineering companies such as Bechtel. He joined Laser Focus World in 1997 as senior editor, becoming editor in chief of WDM Solutions, which he founded in 1999. In 2003 he joined Vision Systems Design as editor in chief, while continuing as contributing editor at Laser Focus World. Conard became editor in chief of Laser Focus World in August 2011, a role in which he served through August 2018. He then served as Editor at Large for Laser Focus World and Co-Chair of the Lasers & Photonics Marketplace Seminar from August 2018 through January 2022. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, with additional studies at the Colorado School of Mines and Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.